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Merge

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  • Merge

  • 20 / Male
  • CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, US
  • Last Login: 11/25/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Putting out records, helping our bands, going to rock shows..

  • Music

    3Ds, The 6ths, American Music Club, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, The Arcade Fire, Ashley Stove, Lou Barlow, Beatnik Filmstars, The Broken West, Breadwinner, Richard Buckner, Paul Burch, Butterglory, Buzzcocks, Camera Obscura, Caribou, The Clean, The Clientele, Crooked Fingers, Destroyer, Dinosaur Jr, East River Pipe, Matt Elliott, The Essex Green, Future Bible Heroes, Ganger, Guv'ner, Annie Hayden, Imperial Teen, The Karl Hendricks Trio, David Kilgour, The Ladybug Transistor, Lambchop, The Mad Scene, The Magnetic Fields, The Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Oakley Hall, Pipe, Polvo, Portastatic, Pram, Radar Bros., The Rock*A*Teens, The Rosebuds, Seaweed, Shark Quest, Shout Out Louds, Spaceheads, Spent, Spoon, Matt Suggs, Superchunk, Teenage Fanclub, Tenement Halls, The Third Eye Foundation, Versus, M. Ward

  • Books

    ..Our Band Could Be Your Life..

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Zodiac Sign: Leo

Blurbs

About me:

Merge Records was started in the summer of 1989, by Laura Ballance & Mac McCaughan, the same summer they formed the band Superchunk in Chapel Hill, NC. The first couple releases were cassettes (remember those?), by WWAX and Bricks, followed by the first Superchunk (then known only as "Chunk") 7" single.

The vinyl 7" was the format of choice for the first 3 years of the label, with cash borrowed from friends to finance projects (including singles from Erectus Monotone, Angels of Epistemology, and more Superchunk) and bedrooms serving as Merge HQ until 1992, when the first Merge full-length release, Tossing Seeds by Superchunk, was released on CD, LP, and cassette.

With this release Merge also forged a relationship with Touch and Go Records of Chicago.

Since '92 Merge moved from one charming-yet-run-down office to another until 2001, when we finally made the move from Chapel Hill down the road to a fine old building all our own in historic Downtown Durham, NC.
Merge Records website
Merge Blog
Merge Bands On Tour
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Comments

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  • Theonetheycallradar

    Nov 26 2009 3:48 AM

    Thanks for the Add Merge, You are a great record label.. .
  • broken little sister

    Nov 26 2009 2:14 AM

    thanks for the add.

    greetings from Japan
  • Black Cherry Blue

    Nov 25 2009 8:41 PM

    Thanks for the add from Black Cherry Blue. Please check out our Debut EP ( six songs on our page) and let us know what you think. We are looking for a label to work with. Thanks again from Black Cherry Blue and Long Live American Rock!
  • Tomotake Yanagisawa

    Nov 25 2009 8:38 PM

    thank you for the add:)
  • MASC VALENCIA

    Nov 25 2009 8:10 PM

    Gracias somos MASC, un grupo que hemos formado unos compañeros del cole, tenemos 11 años y estamos muy ilusionandos!!!!!
  • BooksellersBooksellers United

    Nov 25 2009 7:21 PM

    Thanks for uniting with us! Great to be friends with ya :)
  • THE RAYEES

    Nov 16 2009 8:20 AM

    helloz
  • TSF

    Nov 14 2009 2:43 AM

    Check out my profile And Let me know Do you like me YES or NO http://www.doulike.us/photos/5702645.html?b=4&w=46
  • Ahmond

    Nov 12 2009 3:54 AM

    Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond
  • DEath by chocolate

    Nov 4 2009 3:46 AM

    Thx for the add!!!
    check it out!!!
    Philibert
  • Ice Dwarf

    Nov 3 2009 2:34 PM

    DOWNLOAD ICE DWARF'S NEW ALBUM FOR FREE !
    http://rapidshare.com/files/224309329/Ice_Dwarf__2009_.rar.html
  • Alexandre & his Apocaly…

    Oct 28 2009 11:43 PM

    HEY thanks, hope you like the music and writting :)
  • The Coma Calling

    Oct 23 2009 6:14 AM

    My Debut album "The Coma Calling-Papoose" is finally out! Phew! You can buy it on either itunes for $6.93 or lala.com for lesser quality for $6.23, or if you just want to listen to it streaming it will be here...
    http://thecomacalling.bandcamp.com/ , Its an incredible feeling I have now.
    Thank you thank you thank you, and tell all your friends!!!
    - Kyle Cramb
  • Idriss

    Oct 20 2009 5:21 AM

    Thanks a lot !!!
  • Triangle Smile

    Oct 19 2009 8:21 PM

    Triangle Smile has released the album "Pipe Dreams" in Schoolkids Records now. seriously look under "T", if it's not there i'll buy you a coke.
  • Planet SethSeth Raines

    Oct 14 2009 10:52 PM

    thanks for all the fine fine music over the years
  • A-Ok

    Oct 14 2009 8:47 PM

    Thanks Merge gang for the beautiful music!

    You are fantastic!
  • Beloved Binge

    Oct 13 2009 1:06 PM

    We Love Merge Records!
  • River Jones Music Label…

    Oct 13 2009 8:03 AM

    Hayyyy :)
  • Hideki Takimoto

    Oct 13 2009 1:52 AM

    Thanks for the add!
  • kaaro

    Oct 12 2009 10:45 PM

    Thank you for the add!
  • Ice Dwarf

    Oct 6 2009 3:12 PM


    DOWNLOAD ICE DWARF'S NEW ALBUM FOR FREE !
    http://rapidshare.com/files/224309329/Ice_Dwarf__2009_.rar.html
  • A M Y C A N B E Online Now!

    Oct 5 2009 11:36 AM

    Our song 'Yellow Suit' entered the first FRIEND VOTE Indie Top 100 Chart at No.13 on this week. Maybe our friends can help us get higher up the chart for Monday.
    Vote for AMYCANBE at http://www.myspace.com/indietop100
    Until again, all the best, Amycanbe

    Yes!!! We are in PEACE, compilation for Amnesty International out next January, along with other great names. See our blog section for infos. Cheers!!

    Grazie!!!

    Amy*
  • North Atlantic Oscillat…

    Oct 3 2009 5:52 PM

    North Atlantic Oscillation's Callsigns EP available for pre-order now

    NAO's debut release on Kscope Music is now available to pre-order from the Kscope store:

    http://www.burningshed.com/store/kscope/product/272/1777/

    A 4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in early 2010.

    You can hear samples from all 4 EP tracks on the NAO Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/naoband

    http://www.burningshed.com/store/kscope/product/272/1777/
  • Versailles®

    Sep 29 2009 11:04 PM

    Versailles New Tour Fall of 2009 with Ego Likeness and Bella Morte
    October 24th Flint, MI @ Masonic Temple
    October 25th Brewyn, IL@The Night Light Cafe
    October 28th Kansas City, MO@Daveys Uptown
    October 29th Fayetteville, AR@ The Gypsy
    October 30th Bryan, TX@ The Stafford
    October 31st San Antonio, TX@Rock Bottom
    November 5th El Paso, TX@ Uncle Paulies Pub
    November 6th Scottsdale, AZ@ Mardi Gras
    November 7th Los Angeles,CA @ Bar SInister
    November 10th Austin, TX @ Elysium
    November 11th Houstin,TX@ The Illusion Lounge
    November 13th New Orleans, LA@ The Howling Wolf
    November 14th Nashville,TN@ The Rutledge

    Also Versailles Plays October 3rd with Mellowdrone and New Model Army at the Knitting Factory at 8:30!